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Hi, my grandfather came to uk in 1963, but he took nationality

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Hi, my grandfather came to uk in 1963, but he took nationality 1983, my mother came to uk 1978 and she had 5 years visa, then my mother didnt took nationality and went back to pakistan, my grand parents and my mom's brothers and sister are british citizen, now my mather want back uk, how we will start process, plzzz answer

I’m afraid that if your mother was not entitled to UK citizenship automatically at birth because one of her parents was already a UK citizen and your mother left the UK before obtaining ILR and naturalising as a UK citizen then her options are very limited.

If your mother did obtain ILR in the UK after her visa but not UK citizenship then the only application (apart from the one I will mention in a minute) that she would have a remote chance of getting would be a Returning Residents visa:-http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/settlement/returning-residents/The problem with this is that in order to be automatically eligible she should have been outside the UK for less than two years, which she has not been.

They do sometimes approve application where the applicant has been outside the UK for slightly more than two years if the applicant can show that there are compelling family ties to the UK.

However, your mother’s gap outside the UK is much, much more than this and so I would not be particularly confident that she would have a reasonable prospect of an approval if she applied.

The only other alternative would be for her to apply on the basis that she is an Elderley Dependent Relative:-http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/partners-families/citizens-settled/elderly-dependent/

You will see from the above link that the application criteria is very restrictive and relates to a case where the adult applying requires care to carry out day to day tasks and cannot get that care in her home country. If your mother does not meet this then she would not be able to apply under this category I’m afraid. If she does meet it though then she can apply.

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Hi, thanks for suggestion, my mother have only 5 years visa, if my grandmother want my mother come to uk, how we do this? And 2 question i am student in uk can this possible my grandmother help me but she didnt have anything, my grandma take benefits and living in counsil house, reply plzzz

Hi,sir my girlfriend from solvakia and i am illegal pakistani student and now she want marry with me, i am ready for marriage, how we make appointment with rigestry office uk without passport, last month my student visa refused and no right of appeal, plzz give me advise,,,, thanks sir

Hi FAO tom, my student visa refused last month, and now i am illegal, my girlfriend from solvakia, we are living together now we mant marriage, how i make appoiment without passport, she have all documents, how we go to registry office for marriage uk, plzz help me sir,,,